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Review of fanless mini-PC, Hiper M11

Fanless mini-computers are in steady demand among both ordinary users and business customers. The first choose such machines to set up some home services like Home Assistant, pfSense or torrent download, and then throwing the piece of iron somewhere under the bed, forget about its existence for a long time. For business customers, such a computer is the basis for creating information kiosks, vending machines, collecting automated control system metrics at remote facilities, and for various Edge ...
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Why Keenetic Peak is an ideal router for peripheral (Edge) projects

If your company is faced with the task of connecting dozens of small objects to the Internet, I suggest considering the option of using top-end Keenetic home Internet routers. You will not only save money, but also get centralized cloud management, omnivorous VPN, VLAN, NAS, IntelliQOS, and in general solve the maximum of emerging tasks by clicking the mouse from the web interface. If your company is faced with the task of connecting dozens of small objects to the Internet, such as off-site ...
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Zyxel ATP 500: Wi-Fi, Mesh and UTM controller in one package

In one device, Zyxel has built a security gateway with cloud analysis of unknown threats, an on-the-fly antivirus, and a Wi-Fi controller with support for its own technology for building cellular Wi-Fi networks. Zyxel has a great concept for quickly deploying a wireless network on a site, whether it's a country club, a branch office, or a Central office: it's a bundle of Zyxel ATP security gateway and access points clinging to it. The idea looks like this: today, the network does not have a ...
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Review of Lenovo ThinkEdge SE50 and SE30-industrial and peripheral PCs based on Core i7 with passive cooling

These are universal computers that can simultaneously be used in production, at peripheral facilities, and are equally well suited for PC-controlled equipment, for building control rooms, laboratories, and engineering workplaces. No moving parts concept, 4G/LTE support with eSIM, DIN rail mount and RS232 ports. The development of robotics and automation of workplaces today has led to the fact that the OT industry (short for operational technologies), which includes a system for receiving ...
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Choosing a RAID controller to ensure reliability. Comparison of 5 models of inexpensive RAID controllers with PCI and PCI Express interfaces.

Modern hard drives are fast, they have huge volumes, they are quite accessible to everyone, but unfortunately, they are still as unreliable as before, as research proves. You can protect your home archive of photos and videos, passwords and programs from HDD failure by setting up a RAID 1 array. We have tested the available RAID controllers to find out which one is the best to trust with data storage. RAID arrays are increasingly becoming an integral part of a personal computer, as well as ...
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How the oil and gas industry uses IoT

Like many traditional industries that use long-standing methods of operation, the oil and gas sector has been rocking for a long time before it started using IoT technology.despite having devices on drilling rigs, pipelines, and wastewater treatment plants for decades, the mining industry has only recently started working with modern IoT. Like many traditional industries that use long-standing methods of operation, the oil and gas sector has been rocking for a long time before it started ...
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NETGEAR UTM50 review

The network security gateway is a relatively new device in the small network segment for small businesses. Even one common name didn't stick. However, today you can assign it responsibility for VPN access to the network, for limiting the network activity of your staff and for penetration of external threats into your network. Judge for yourself - this device has a built-in antivirus that scans all traffic on the fly, an advanced spam detection system, blocking services by list and sites by ...
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NetGear SRX5308: Gigabit UTM for small offices

The NetGear SRX5308 firewall is designed for companies that require the speed of communication channels. Four WAN ports support two session-level load balancing modes, as well as switching for increased reliability. Support for up to 125 VPN tunnels or up to 50 tunnels when using SSL. Support for VLAN, extended ACL, 4 WAN and 4 LAN, and all this - at a price of about $ 550, that is, we are dealing with a new price range that is available to all customers. Today, more and more companies are ...